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    Kate Mercer
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Advocacy Principles for Coronavirus and Beyond

    Similar to other health, social care, and voluntary services, in March 2020, almost overnight, the way independent advocacy support was...
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    Kate Mercer
    • Jun 11, 2019
    • 7 min

    Where was advocacy?

    In the immediate days after Panaroma exposed the horrific abuse at Whorlton Hall, I saw a sense of shock and anger ripple through the...
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    Kate Mercer
    • May 22, 2019
    • 5 min

    Get your torches out

    Is it me or are the recommendations involving advocacy in the CQC interim report ‘Review of restraint, prolonged seclusion and...
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    Kate Mercer
    • Apr 6, 2019
    • 4 min

    Qualifications in Advocacy – what does the future hold?

    With the proposed changes heading our way with the Liberty Protection Safeguards, I’ve been thinking about the implications on...
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    Kate Mercer
    • Mar 11, 2019
    • 7 min

    Transforming Care? Should Advocates be doing more?

    “The advocate turned up, said nothing and we’ve not seen her since” A mother told me this a few months ago. I met her during an event...
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    Kate Mercer
    • Feb 7, 2019
    • 6 min

    Is it easier to walk on the moon than get an advocate?

    The recent MHA review raised some habitual criticisms around the provision and accessibility of advocacy, including specific concerns...
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